Backpack Gourmet: Good Hot Grub You Can Make at Home, Dehydrate, and Pack for Quick, Easy, and Healthy Eating on the Trail

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Meals on the trail can be as delicious and varied as meals prepared at home. You can create meals to suit your tastes or diet--vegetarian, low fat, Asian, Italian. Meals prepared and dehydrated at home are compact and lightweight, perfect for the backpacker, and safer than packing perishable foods. The author shows how to prepare the meals so that they will travel well and will be easy to reconstitute in camp. The easy step-by-step instructions detail how to cook and dry lightweight, satisfying meals at home and then prepare them easily in camp--truly complete, instant meals. About the Author:Linda Frederick Yaffe is a lifelong camper and outdoors person who works as a librarian and teaches backpacking classes. She has written two other books: High Trails Cookery and The Well-Organized Camper. She lives in Auburn, California. Over 160 recipes for soups, stews, pasta, casseroles, and breakfast and snack ideas Potato Soup Parmesan, Seafood Stew, Sweet and Sour Noodles, Spicy Chicken Tips on drying food in a dehydrator or oven

Customer Reviews:

Survive the back woods or thrird World.......2007-07-06

Well who'd ever think I, a middled aged man married to a wonderful wife and cook,would be cooking for 4 in the third world, anything other than PB&J's.
They all laughed at me as I stashed vac-packed meals into 4 seperate ditty bags, I would just smile and say I wanted to be prepared.
As we went off the main road and up into the mountain villages, by the third day thier tune started to change.

Wonderful quick meals Breakfasts(eggs and sausage) soups for lunch, lasanga and stews for dinner and even bisguits. breakfast squares, granola bars, and carrot soup were the big hits with the ladies but I think they just enjoyed not having to cook.
The meals are power packed and full of protien very nutritional. easy to find or grow ingredients.The portions were plentiful, usually we would share in the villages.

Now from grill master at home to the trail chef cooking lasnqna in the bush in less than 5 minutes they want me to cook these meals at home .

I Highly recommend this book to all who travel and camp where there are no stores. Cooking meals 1st then dehyrating them not only saved lots of weight in the backpack, but allows you to spice them up to your liking before you dehydrate, so meals are a delight not the same old, same old, very important on 3-4 week trips.
(A good cook always tastes the food before giving to the critics)
These Nutritional meals keep your body healthy and full of energy to work or play the next day. yet allow you to pack away plenty in a small space. also you can prepare them and stash them in the freezer months before.
Not a bad Idea to have on hand in a disaster kit stored in a sealed bucket with a couple of cases of water in the cool basement either.

Don't forget the water filter and small pot to cook & eat out of.

Eatin' Good On the Trail.......2007-04-12

Your hiking trips no longer have to be full of boring meals in a can. Now you can cook great meals at home ahead of time and rehydrate them on the trail.

Changed my backpacking life!.......2007-03-19

This is the book I have been waiting for. I love to cook, I love to eat, and I love to backpack, and this book lets me enjoy all three. Previously, I was one of those backpackers who ate mac-n-cheese and Lipton noodles over and over and over. It was really boring, and I wasn't getting enough protein in my diet. Getting ready for our epic 4 month hike on the PCT this summer, I wanted to try food dehydrating, but I also needed a recipe book. After lots of online research I ordered this book and "Trail Food" by Alan Kesselheim. Kesselheim and Yaffe have completely different approaches, and I find Yaffe's approach far more user-friendly. You DO NOT want to mess with drying each food item separately and then trying to assemble them in the backcountry. You are tired, you are hungry. You do not want to spend lots of time messing with ten different little baggies and jars of spices and oils. Leave all of that at home. Yaffe's approach is simple and elegant, and I'm quite honestly shocked that more people don't do it this way: You make your soup, stew, pasta dish or casserole in the comfort of your home. The key is that you must keep the chunks of vegetables, etc. very small. You then spread the dish in thin layers on your dehydrator trays and let the dehydrator do all of the work. Just this weekend, we went backpacking and ran the true field test: rehydrating all of the foods that I had previously dehydrated. The results were impressive. Breakfast casseroles, delicious spaghetti for dinner, tuna and bruschetta spreads at lunch, and none of it had that preservative-laden flavor that store-bought foods are cursed with. The only two comments I would make where Yaffe didn't get it quite right are that I can't fit the whole dish into the dehydrator (if you only have four trays like I do), so we usually end up eating some of it for dinner (not a bad thing). The second thing is that her recommended drying times seem a bit too short. I've had to add an extra hour or two to many of the recipes, but again, this is not a big deal as I dry most of this stuff overnight anyway. If you are looking for a lightweight backpacking meal solution, you cannot live without this book!

They are wrong, and she is right!.......2007-02-27

If you are going to buy a book about backpack dehydrating this is the one. I have read several others and beat my brains out trying to get spagetti sauce to powder, etc. They are all wrong, and she is right. Don't try to dehydrate the ingredients separately, cook the whole meal and then dehydrate the whole thing together. It seems too good to be true, but it really works, and it works both easier and better. Make it your own way (within a few simple limits), and it really is better, cheaper, and easier than buying the commercial deydrated foods. I might have thought of it myself, if all of the other books weren't so misleading!

Tasty & Practical.......2007-01-16

Wide variety of menu items that will satisfy anyone's taste, and they won't bankrupt you. Easy to find ingredients at your local grocery store.

The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

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Great Book!
Waders of the Lost Ark
A great story of people, places, and a bird
Enough to make you want to buy a pair of chest waders
Interesting story, but not overly convinced

The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Tim Gallagher
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (Awards))
In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime Obsession

ASIN: 0618456937

Book Description

What is it about the ivory-billed woodpecker? Why does this ghost of the southern swamps arouse such an obsessive level of passion in its devotees, who range from respected researchers to the flakiest Loch Ness monster fanatics and Elvis chasers? Since the early twentieth century, scientists have been trying their best to prove that the ivory-bill is extinct. But every time they think they've finally closed the door, the bird makes an unexpected appearance. It happened in the 1920s, and it's happened in almost every subsequent decade. For more than 60 years, each sighting has been met with ridicule and scorn. Respected researchers and naturalists have been branded as quacks just for having the temerity to say that the ivory-bill still exists. Yet the reports still trickle in. Is there any truth to these sightings, or are they just a case of wishful thinking, misidentification, or outright fabrication? To unravel the mystery, author Tim Gallagher heads south, deep into the eerie swamps and bayous of the vast Mississippi Delta, searching for people who claim to have seen this rarest of birds and following upsometimes more than 30 years after the facton their sightings. He meets a colorful array of characters: a cigar-chomping ex-boxer who took two controversial pictures of an alleged ivory-bill in 1971; a former corporate lawyer who abandoned her career to search for ivory-bills full time; two men who grew up in the ivory-bill's last known stronghold in a final remnant of primeval forest in Louisiana. With his buddy Bobby Harrison, a true son of the South from Alabama, Gallagher hits the swamps, wading through hip-deep, boot-sucking mud and canoeing through turgid, mud brown bayous where deadly cottonmouth water moccasins abound. In most cases, they are clearly decades too late. But when the two speak to an Arkansas backwoods kayaker who saw a mystery woodpecker the week before and has a description of the bird that is too good to be a fantasy, the hunt is on. Their Eureka moment comes a few days later as a huge woodpecker flies in front of their canoe, and they both cry out, "Ivory-bill!" This sightingthe first time since 1944 that two qualified observers positively identify an ivory-billed woodpecker in the United Statesquickly leads to the largest search ever launched to find a rare bird, as researchers fan out across the bayou, hoping to document the existence of this most iconic of birds.

Customer Reviews:

Great Book!.......2007-09-04

I just learned of the rediscovery of the ivory billed woodpecker from reading some back issues of WILDBIRD magazine. I immediately ordered this book and read it in two days....WOW what an exciting, riveting, fascinating, fun book this is...I love woodpeckers so I really hope this can be proven with a picture even though I am sure it exists already. On the website it says there are still no pictures to prove it and people are still searching. I hope they find it soon-What an amazing story!!!!

Waders of the Lost Ark.......2007-01-11

This book is poignant and RIVETING. The protagonist is as "muck"rakingly mortal as a Ross Macdonald sleuth and the Delta-country bit parts have the idiosyncrasies of Dashiell Hammett collaborating suspects. The woodpecker himself, whether guilty of existing of not, is as elusive and infuriatingly (intentionally?) mysterious as a John le Carre double agent. And the stakes, a second chance for all of us, to find and preserve the "Lord God bird" are so heartbreakingly high as to be virtually Biblical.

A great story of people, places, and a bird.......2006-08-17

I've got a small den with limited bookshelf space. I read 2-3 books a week and give most of them to the local library--the rest go to friends. This one is a keeper. It is up on the shelf with The Big Year, Into the Heart of the Sea, and Undaunted Courage.

Tim Gallagher tells a tale of wanton destruction of primeval forests for greed and the miraculous species survival of a beautiful bird. Into the story he weaves a constant stream of lovable people, fantastic country, and remarkable history. My family is from Mississippi so I knew he was painting an accurate picture of swampland in winter, even down to the occasional cottomouth.

What a story! The book went by too fast and I hated to leave the people he introduced me too. I hope he is busy with the sequel and current photos of the Lord God bird.

Enough to make you want to buy a pair of chest waders.......2006-08-08

An exciting tale that is so well written, you can feel what it is like to be guiding your canoe through snags in the bottomland forest water. Gallager brings the characters and the search to life as he takes you down the trail that lead to the recent rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Ever skeptical, I found myself reviewing the evidence in the book and on other sites online. I still feel amazed that the rediscovery might actually be true. And time will tell. This is a book every birder and every logger/developer should read.

Interesting story, but not overly convinced.......2006-07-02

Since it's last confirmed sighting in the 1940s, there have been several sightings of the Ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird throught to now be extinct. These sightings were, for one reason or another, either dismissed outright or the subject of much controversy. Suddenly, though, in the last couple years there have been a spate of possible sightings, leading the author, Tim Gallagher, to set out investigate further, in the process writing this book documenting his adventures and the fascinating story of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and its tragic disappearance. Sure enough, during the course of his investigation, he too happens to have a possible sighting, and things just begin to snowball from there, and its not long before other ornithologists are slopping and canoing through the swamps and bayous of the scattered remnants of once vast tracts of bottomland forests having their own possible sightings. All of this has raised the hopes of many who more than anything would like to see this species thrive once again. But that this species would after a number of decades of supposed extinction suddenly be observed with such relative frequency has led to much debate and controvery. All this makes for an interesting read, but when it comes down to the recent possible sightings, the book really doesn't offer much that is all that convincing. Fleeting glimpses, grainy video, and possible "double raps" (characteristic of the Ivory-billed) echoing faintly through the vast forest are not exactly overwhelming proof of anything, unfortunately. Hopefully, proof will emerge that somehow the Irovy-billed has managed to survive all this time; but I for one won't be holding my breath.

Rogue Lawman #3: Cold Corpse, Hot Trail (Rogue Lawman)

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Another good one!

Rogue Lawman #3: Cold Corpse, Hot Trail (Rogue Lawman)
Peter Brandvold
Manufacturer: Berkley
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0425214796

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Deputy U.S. Marshal Gideon Hawk gives some bounty hunters a lethal lesson in how reputations are made when a beautiful prostitute asks for his protection.

Customer Reviews:

Another good one!.......2007-06-08

With Rogue Lawman #3 Peter Brandvold continues to turn out fast-paced westerns that are enjoyable to read. f you're bored with Lawyer who dunnits or Thrillers that don't quite thrill then put your preconceived notions aside about 'cowboy' stories and try one of his novels.
Keep in mind that Elmore Leonard turned out good westerns too and that both he and Brandvold know how to tell an interesting story. Try it! You won't be disappointed.

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This Trail is very cold...
What the ...?!
The really wild, wild west
Go back to the Old West, where the men were MEN
stinker

Hot on His Trail: An Erotic Novel
Zavo
Manufacturer: Alyson Books
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Binding: Paperback

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The Tin Star
Sweet Lips
Falling
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ASIN: 1555839754

Book Description

Not since Zane burst on the market with her steamy brand of eroticism has the literary world been rocked with such a scandalous debut. Let the mysterious Zavo show just how wild the West really was.

Ranger Jake Slater is bent on trapping the outlaw Ben Masters, who is wanted for murder. On the trails of the Old West, these two men will come together through a common bond: their unbridled, driving desire for each other. With Ben proclaiming his innocence, Jake's duty-bound instinct is overridden by his growing feelings for his new lover. Saddle up.

Customer Reviews:

This Trail is very cold... .......2007-07-18

I agree with many of the reviewers that the author
lost track of the highly anticipated love story between
Jake Slater and Ben Masters.
There isn't any love story.
The story's basic theme is:
How many times can you get laid...in one hour.
I agree that rape is rampant theme throughout this book,
with murders and even scalpings.
It is the Wild Wild West.
Let us have more loving. Not killing.
Then they have so-called "willing" sex amidst the carnage.
Jake Slater is the key hot man of the story,
as is Travis at the start of the book, the real main man
is Major Stephen Preston, let us read more about him in the sequel.
I do believe that Zavo should be tied to a door
and given a taste of his own medicine, for leaving us
hanging with an incomplete book.
Zavo probably will have more men having indiscriminate
sex with anyone with three legs..well you get the idea.

What the ...?!.......2007-06-22

I ordered this book because it had gotten an average of four stars, and it was on my recommendations list. After reading the first chapter, I realized that this book was not really to my liking. Some may find this book "erotic", but I am not one of those people. There is lots of sex, so some readers will not be disappointed in that aspect, but the whole storyline is unrealistic, and most of the sexual encounters are meaningless. I could not believe the two main characters would "be in love" with each other based on the circumstances they found themselves facing. In addition to the overall disappointment with the book, that ending the author chose is like a slap in the face.

The really wild, wild west.......2007-04-03

Zavo has his hunks down to a T, if you like big, muscular, hairy, well endowed, unshaven cowboys, soldiers, sheriffs, Indians (well, they're not as hairy), and outlaws who are (literally) into each other. I started reading this book as an erotic novel, but quickly became interested in the characters and situations. Ben, the lover out to prove he's not a killer, I quickly fell in love with myself (just as the protagonist narrator of the book does). The sex scenes are repetitive at times, but if you leave your PC quotient at the door, several are scorching hot (like the scenes with the major at the military outpost). I was rooting for the guys to stay together, and am anxious to see what the sequel will bring.

Go back to the Old West, where the men were MEN.......2007-03-14

"Hot on His Trail" is big bear sex fiction for those of us who want our men to be big and hairy and wild and wooly and woofy, just like the Old West! Army majors and Texas rangers, cowboys and Indians, all get it on with each other in a frontier where women were scarce and, apparently, unnecessary. Move over, Ennis and Jack! In "Hot on His Trail," Ben and Jake show us what being a man-lovin' man is ALL about.

stinker.......2007-03-01

Unfortunately, Jem's review was posted just after I ordered this or I could've saved some money. I debated whether to post a critical review because I suppose as a stroke-fest this would be okay (although the ridiculous circumstances & repetitiveness of the couplings/groupings greatly diminishes the intended impact, but that's just me). However, when I rechecked the summary to see what had made me order it in the first place, I decided to add my comments.

The summary, though brief, implies a romance or some kind of relationship between the two men. This just isn't the case. When Jake suddenly thinks to himself that he loves Ben, I literally said "What?!" out loud. There was no basis for that feeling & there never is throughout the book. I was tempted to give up reading it at several points but I kept hoping it would turn into a real romance at some point. Nope.

I guess I shouldn't expect monogamy in something billed as an erotic novel but geesh! These guys do it with everybody and anybody. Doesn't matter if they're being held prisoner & their life is in danger, they're up for it! Apparently, nothing is ever rape, because they want it anytime, anywhere.

When it ended on a cliff hanger, that was the last straw. It's not like I care what happens to them & I certainly don't feel compelled to buy the next book to see how it turns out, but it would've been nice for this to have had a real ending.

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Hot on the Trail
A Most Satisfying Read
A perfect plane book
Disappointing
Kill the Sidekicks

Hot on the Trail
Jane Isenberg
Manufacturer: Avon
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Out of Hormone's Way: A Bel Barrett Mystery (Bel Barrett Mysteries (Avon Books))

ASIN: 0060577517
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Book Description

The seventh delightful mystery starring community college professor Bel Barret, the sleuth that the Baldwin City Ledger calls, "Evanovich's Stephanie Plum twenty–five years later."

Fifty–something community college professor and amateur sleuth Bel Barrett is at it again. When Dom Tomaselli, a student from her memoir–writing class for senior citizens, shows up dead, she agrees to investigate whether his fall from a rooftop was an accident––or murder. But with her aged mother so depressed that she can't even make her weekly trips to Atlantic City, and with her wedding to her boyfriend Sal coming up, she hardly has time for anything, let alone sleuthing. So with the help of Dom's daughter Flora, Bel determines that Dom's inveterate gambler brother–in–law, who owed him money, is the primary suspect. But could an extortion plot and a long–ago arson case also be central to the old man's demise? With the help of her best pals from the community college, Bel weaves together the different strands of one of the most baffling cases she's ever seen...and discovers that the history of her beloved Hoboken is far more sordid than she'd ever imagined.

Customer Reviews:

Hot on the Trail.......2007-03-30

I have read the entire series and loved it funny, engaging and keeps you reading till the end. The book arrived quickly and in great condition.

A Most Satisfying Read.......2005-10-27

"Hot on the Trail" fulfills all the criteria for a satisfying read: characters with distinct and engaging personalities, a suspect-filled plot that develops intriguing byways, witty dialogue to move the story forward while deepening the reader's understanding of the dynamics among the story's cast. While these characteristics are highly enjoyable in all of Jane Isenberg's delightful Bel Barrett series, "Hot on the Trail" also successfully and empathetically explores the processes of aging, cultural alterations, and the many definitions of family. Isenberg's selection of pigeon racing as a crucial background element of the story adds interesting detail that also illuminates some ingredients of a murder. An evening spent with "Hot on the Trail" offers many satisfactions, whether or not you have met Bel Barrett and company before. Enjoy!

A perfect plane book.......2005-10-18

Hot on the Trail is an upbeat, fun read that brings me back to Hoboken,all those pigeons, two dead bodies, and that special brand of NJ politics! Finally, Bel and Sol get married and what a neat surprise the wedding is. Take this book on your next flight and enjoy!

Disappointing.......2005-03-01

Hot On The Trail is the eighth book in Jane Isenberg's Bel Barrett mystery series. Bel Barrett is a women in her fifties who works as a New Jersey community college professor. In this instalment she gets more than expected (but not really) when she agrees to teach an extra evening writing class for seniors.

Like previous instalments someone dies; in this case it turns out to be one of her students, racing pigeon master, 83 year old Dom Tomaselli. His body shows up frozen in the snow next to the house he shares with his children. An apparent accident. Dom's daughter, Flora (whose also one of Bel's students), doesn't think it was an accident and she's pretty sure her Uncle killed him over a long term debt. Bel soon finds out he is not the only suspect.

Bel doesn't work alone on her search for the killer. Her side kicks, I mean best friends Illuminada and Betty are there pretty much every step of the way. Occasionally, she calls on her fiancé Sol Hecht for back up. The characters didn't stop there and this is one of the regrets for this book. Lots of names are mentioned in the first ten pages. The swamp made it hard to keep them straight and to remember who is who. It didn't get any better as more and more names were introduced throughout. Each chapter started off with an email or an excerpt from one of her student's memoirs. This just added to the who is who confusion.

"Who cares?" was a common thought as I read through the chapter of her surprise wedding. I really didn't care who was sitting with who or knew who. It was a stagnant stop to what little momentum there was to the story.

When a book is compared to the likes of Evanovich's Plum series I expect it to be an easy, funny read with some suspense. This book had none of these qualities. It took me three weeks to read while Evanovich's are usually done within two days. This story was dry and drowned out with lifeless characters. The interesting facts about pigeon racing (like the fastest pigeon clocked was 92mph, 49 mph faster than the fastest horse) are lost and seem like they were just stuck in for prosperity's sake. This book is not high on my list for recommendation.

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Kill the Sidekicks.......2005-01-26

I haven't really enjoyed this series for the past few installments. However, I did enjoy this one. And that's because the story wasn't overfilled with the annoying sidekicks, Illuminada and Betty.

Both characters have outworn themselves in this series, having turned into a couple of unlikeable, stereotypical caricatures. Illuminada, the impatient Cuban, can't get through a paragraph without throwing out a "chiquita" and looking at her watch. Betty, the controlling African-American, can't get through a paragraph without throwing out a "girlfriend" and barking out orders. These two got old a long time ago, and the series is just so much more enjoyable when Bel is interacting with Sol, Ma, Sofia, Wendy, her kids and her students.

Hopefully the author has realized this and the series will continue in a positive manner, as it did with this installment.

From Curries to Kebabs: Recipes from the Indian Spice Trail

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Lovely book to have for curry-lovers
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.
BEST Indian Cookbook out there!
Accurate, Authentic, Delicious
Good style but recipes don't always work

From Curries to Kebabs: Recipes from the Indian Spice Trail
Madhur Jaffrey
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0609607049
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Book Description

Indian cookery is among the world’s most distinctive and enticing cuisines, one whose influence can be discerned in culinary traditions around the globe. In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author Madhur Jaffrey presents more than 100 of the best curries, many recorded for the very first time, plus all the savory accompaniments to serve with them.

In this fascinating volume, Madhur traces the origins of curry, explaining how Indian immigrants brought ingredients and techniques to new lands, creating an ever-growing cornucopia of delicious hybrids. To illustrate the evolution of curry, and its close relative, the kebab, she not only includes the finest recipes from India—like Hyderabadi Ground Lamb with Orange and Dry Masala Fish—but a wide variety of exotic curries from all over the world. Enticing recipes include Sumatran Lamb Curry from Indonesia, Red Beef Curry from Sri Lanka, Burmese Chicken-Coconut Soup from Myanmar, Lobster in Yellow Curry Sauce from Thailand, Vietnamese Pork with Lemongrass, Lamb Shanks Braised in a Yogurt Sauce from Pakistan, and even a beef curry from Japan, where, as in the United Kingdom, curry is one of the most popular meals, even among schoolchildren. To complement the curries, there are soups, noodles, breads, chutneys, beans, vegetables, and, best of all, twenty recipes for easy and deliciously spiced kebabs.

Beautifully illustrated and filled with the kind of comprehensive insight into the art of curry that only Madhur Jaffrey could provide, From Curries to Kebabs makes fascinating reading for cooks everywhere and will be an outstanding addition to any curry lover’s library.

Customer Reviews:

Lovely book to have for curry-lovers.......2007-02-28

I got this book from the Public library yesterday. And I've been hooked since. This is the kind of book, that you'd like to read even if you are not too keen on trying the recipes (not that I'm discouraging anyone from trying them :)). I absolutely love the introduction - Madhur Jaffrey traces the history of the influence of the Indian cuisine world-over. I wish she'd write an entire book on the history of Indian cuisine and its influences. And every recipe is preceded by a little bit of history or an anecdote or its source, which is how I like cookbooks to be rather than a long compilation of only recipes. The pictures in the introduction are evocative of the times past.

Coming to the actual recipes - the ones that I'm familiar with look authentic and the others look interesting enough to make me want to try them. I tried one of the vegetarian dishes last night and it was lovely.

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy........2007-02-08

When buying a cookbook one should remember here that the purpose is actually COOKING. Photography isn't essential and in most cases photographs of the finished product are worse than useless, they give no help in creating the dish and give a false ideal impossible to live up to ("Oh no I dont have the right shade of hand glazed terra cotta plates! Oh god its OVERCAST!") The book is superficially well designed, the cover is a pretty shade of pink the Indian theme is consistent throughout. The problem comes when you actually try cooking these recipes. Indian recipes are very complex, often featuring many different stages per dish. Jaffrey doesnt take this into account at all. The instructions are simply poured into one dense column of type. If you're looking for instructions quickly (and you will be: most of the recipes call for only seconds of browning) you will be hard pressed to wade through a page of single spaced type with illogical indentations. I often find myself re-typing recipes on my laptop to get a handle on the different sections.

Moreover, some the recipes arent even complete. An exaple is a Korma, which instructs frying potatos and never implies any incorporation into the final dish at all! That is unforgivable. The book also suggests some very very out of the way spices which many of customers would be unable to easily buy, and makes no suggestion on replacement or substitution, even in the most simple and obvious ways. For example the recipe suggests Cardamom pods in one recipe and seeds in another, without giving the ratio of seeds to pods, for someone who can't find such things.

Do not buy this book.

BEST Indian Cookbook out there!.......2006-06-08

I can't count the number of times people have asked, "where did you get the recipe or thought to put those ingredients together?" And my little secret that I always share is this book. It is absolutely amazing what a stock set of the same spices can create for you and that you can tell someone that the eggplant and fish is actually a Kenyan recipe from this book that follows the spice trail from east Asia to the African continent! I couldn't ask for more in a cookbook!

Accurate, Authentic, Delicious.......2006-06-06

Though I own many Indian cookbooks, and have enjoyed cooking Indian food for forty years, I have rarely found a book that so well combines beauty, imagination, an almost anthropological (or at least ethnogastronomical) attention to detail, and wonderful tastes. Madhur Jaffrey is the doyenne of Indian and indeed Asian and vegetarian cook book authors. Her recipes work well in an American kitchen, offer inspiration to the adventuresome cook, and are truly useful. Whether you love to grill outdoors, or never want to go near charcoal, the kebabs are unctuous and make your tongue want to scream in delight. Buy this book immediately, and enjoy an exquisite rainbow of Indian inspired recipes from throughtout the world.

Good style but recipes don't always work.......2006-03-21

I borrowed this book from a public library before purchasing it. What I liked about the book was the art work included, the narration style, the stories about the source of the recipes, the diversity of the recipes. I have tried a few of the recipes from this book, I liked some of them but would not care to make the others a second time. I also liked that the author suggested locally available ingredients as substitutions. All in all, I did like the book enough to buy it after I had looked through it.

The Pepper Trail: History & Recipes from Around the World

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The Pepper Trail: History & Recipes from Around the World
Jean Andrews
Manufacturer: University of North Texas Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Hot On His Trail (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 1097)

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A must read from Linda Winstead Jones!
A must read from Linda Winstead Jones!
More!
A MUST READ!
Great read - but a little familiar?

Hot On His Trail (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No 1097)
Linda Winstead Jones
Manufacturer: Silhouette
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0373271670

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A must read from Linda Winstead Jones!.......2002-04-16

This book is excellent. You can't put it down, it has the perfect blend of romance and action, and it's one you'll re-read next year! Get it!

A must read from Linda Winstead Jones!.......2002-04-16

This book is excellent. You can't put it down, it has the perfect blend of romance and action, and it's one you'll re-read next year! Get it!

More!.......2001-12-02

This book is so well written, that I wished Ms. jones would write more. Thank you, and write faster.

A MUST READ!.......2001-08-25

Ms. Jones has taken a tried-and-true romance plot and given it her own special magic. HOT ON HIS TRAIL is a must read and I can promise you that once you start, you won't be able to put it down. Then when you finish the book, you'll be asking for--make that demanding--stories for Shea's three intriguing brothers, Boone, Dean and Clint.

Great read - but a little familiar?.......2001-08-23

I thoroughly enjoyed this book - the plot line, the romance, the characters were all very enjoyable. My only gripe with the book is that it seemed strangely similar to "Perfect" by Judith McNaught. This didn't ruin the book for me, but I don't think the book came across as "original."

Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro

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All Hail, Holy Burrito
If you really love 'em ...
Wit and Information about Burritos
Lighter than air, not very filling.
A must have for any burrito eater

Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro
David Thomsen , and Derek Wilson
Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Burrito Lovers Cook Book: Fantastic Flavorful Fillings

ASIN: 0879058358

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All Hail, Holy Burrito.......2006-01-08

A comprehensive guide to one of California's greatest inventions was long overdue. This fanciful book is filled with burrito secrets that will charm the serious afficianado. Like the authors, I've spent years seeking out the "perfect" burrito; an elusive culinary holy grail. This is not a cookbook, but rather tries to explain the appeal of a food that is at once exceedingly simple and yet layered with complexity. Bon appetit!

If you really love 'em ..........2005-11-23

I've lived in LA for several years now. Sure the warm weather is nice, the palm trees are awesome, the babes is off da hook. But what's really sold me on Southern California is the Comida Mexicana. And the burrito is king! Who cares if it's not even Mexican? This book will get your mouth watering just by flipping the pages. If you really love burritos, you'll really love !Burritos!.

Wit and Information about Burritos.......2003-01-25

Full of really interesting information not only about burritos themselves, but about any subject that can in any way be related to burritos - . And it's written in a very witty, intelligent, and bright way that makes for laughs on every page.
You'll like it -

Lighter than air, not very filling........2002-02-18

I bought it and have made some of the recipes. I'll end up making them all but so far I know this much...
- The rice recipe, which I followed very closely, was not very good. Did they really want the onions to go into a puree?
- The chicken recipe has as a key ingredient a can of Las Palmas brand Chile Coloarado. Does your grocer carry it? You might want to check. I have checked several stores and they don't, including two mexican groceries. I did a quick online search and so far haven't found it there either. If your grocery doesn't stock it, you are going to have have to make up something else here or skip this recipe.
- Which would be too bad because of the extremely limited number of recipies in this book...a couple for salsa, one for rice, one for beans, one for chicken (which may be useless), one for beef, one for lamb, and a few misc. strays, for guac etc. Almost no variations one any of them. I didn't know when I ordered it just how tiny the book is.
- I don't think it's written or edited by anyone who has a lot of cooking experience. I have found a couple of the directions fuzzy. And the recipes for burritos either don't state how many servings they make, or are made for different numbers of servings (steak 3 servings, chicken 4). If the individual recipes (rice, beans, meat) aren't coordinated according to number of servings, I have to ask myself if these guys have been using their own recipes, or just who edited this book?
- Overall, sorry to be harsh but this isn't really a cookbook, it's a tiny little book with the theme "Aren't burritos cool!" Which they are. However, a cool book about burritos would focus more on how to make great burritos, rather than on jokey stuff about taqueria decorations and signage. The other reviews don't ring true to me, having used the book. Skip this one. The Bayless books have a lot of good rice, bean, meat, and salsa recipes that are great for making burritos, and I'm finding them quite useful (clear recipes, and tasty).

A must have for any burrito eater.......1998-11-11

Outstanding. "!Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro" is the perfect gift for the burrito lover in your family. Much like a burrito, it's packed with a little bit of everything: burrito folk lore, history, recipes, restaurant reviews; just about anything one could ever hope to know about this terrific food. All written with sharp humor and keen insight. Plop yourself down on the couch with this book. You're certain to learn a little something, laugh quite a bit and of course, get very hungry.

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Yossi and Laibel Hot on the Trail
Dina Rosenfeld , and Hachai Publishing
Manufacturer: Hachai Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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